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Do you know of Avery ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avery. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Avery.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Avery, so we are uncertain whether Avery is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Avery would be found somewhere in Shelby County, Alabama.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Avery ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Avery.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Avery.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Etowah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Avery [Etowah County].
    • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Avery [Jackson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Avery [Lincoln County].
    • California
      • Calaveras County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Avery [Calaveras County].
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avery [Cherokee County].
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Avery [Shoshone County].
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Avery [Jo Daviess County].
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Avery [Clinton County].
    • Iowa
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Avery [Monroe County].
    • Kansas
      • Reno County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avery [Reno County].
    • Kentucky
      • Owen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Avery [Owen County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Avery [Iberia Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Avery [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Avery [Berrien County].
      • Montmorency County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Avery [Montmorency County].
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avery [Crawford County].
      • Dent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avery [Dent County].
      • Hickory County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avery [Hickory County].
    • Nebraska
      • Sarpy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Avery [Sarpy County].
    • Ohio
      • Erie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avery [Erie County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Avery [Lincoln County].
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Avery [Benton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avery [Susquehanna County].
      • Wyoming County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avery [Wyoming County].
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Avery [Red River County].

More Orphans in  Shelby County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Shelby County.

Booth TownLewis
BoxLynch
  
CloddyNewala
Coalville 
CobbPhillips Crossroads
CovePiney Woods Junction
Cresswell Station 
Creswell StationQuito
  
Dare's KilnRedlawn
  
Earhart's MillScotrock
 Simmons
FarmerSpradley
  
HighlandTafton
Hot Spur 
 Wannamaker
KendrickWeldon
KimulgaWest Calera
  
Lacey'sYellowleaf
Landmark 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Avery could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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